... Die unorthodoxe Auffassung wird durch die Tatsache gestützt, daß es den Bernern im Spätmittel... more ... Die unorthodoxe Auffassung wird durch die Tatsache gestützt, daß es den Bernern im Spätmittelalter gelungen ist, den burgsässigen Adel in der Umgebung militärisch zu besiegen, politisch zu entmachten, aus dem Land zu vertreiben oder in die eigene, städtisch-patrizi-sche ...
The paper investigates potentials and challenges during the interpretation of prehistoric settlem... more The paper investigates potentials and challenges during the interpretation of prehistoric settlement dynamics based on large archaeological datasets. Exemplarily, this is carried out using a database of 1365 Neolithic sites in the Weiße Elster river catchment in Central Germany located between the southernmost part of the Northern German Plain and the Central Uplands. The recorded sites are systematically pre-processed with regard to their chronology, functional interpretation and spatial delineation. The quality of the dataset is reviewed by analyzing site distributions with respect to field surveys and modern land use. The Random Forests machine learning algorithm is used to examine the impact of terrain covariates on the depth of sites and pottery preservation. Neolithic settlement dynamics are studied using Site Exploitation Territories, and site frequencies per century are used to compare the intensity of land use with adjacent landscapes. The results show that the main trends ...
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2020
Vivre au Château était le thème du colloque de Château-Thierry, XXIXe colloque Château Gaillard. ... more Vivre au Château était le thème du colloque de Château-Thierry, XXIXe colloque Château Gaillard. Ce thème, choisi en liaison avec la problématique des recherches passées et présentes conduites dans la région, leur a fait une large place. Quant aux châteaux répartis dans l'espace européen, ce colloque a abordé plus particulièrement : la multiplication des sites castraux utilisés par une même famille en fonction des périodes de l'année ou de la diversité des activités et la répartition des lieux de vie au sein du château. Contrairement à une idée reçue selon laquelle le château médiéval représente le comble de l'inconfort, il a démontré que l'aménagement des lieux tient compte, dès la construction, de la lumière ou des vents dominants. Il a souligné aussi l'importance de la hiérarchie sociale au sein du château et les aménagements qui visent à la préserver, ainsi que l'importance des femmes, leur rôle et les lieux et fonctions qui leur sont spécifiques : cuisine, jardin, gestion. Enfin, la vie quotidienne a été évoquée à travers des objets usuels comme la poterie par exemple, qui laisse d'abondantes traces archéologiques, ou à travers l'agencement des cuisines, ou encore à travers les rejets de consommation ou les déblais liés à des travaux. Les quarante-quatre contributions de cet ouvrage émanent de représentants des douze pays participants et les nombreux posters présentés ont permis de faire le point sur les fouilles actuelles, notamment sur les recherches conduites sur les châteaux de la région Hauts-de-France.
... Die unorthodoxe Auffassung wird durch die Tatsache gestützt, daß es den Bernern im Spätmittel... more ... Die unorthodoxe Auffassung wird durch die Tatsache gestützt, daß es den Bernern im Spätmittelalter gelungen ist, den burgsässigen Adel in der Umgebung militärisch zu besiegen, politisch zu entmachten, aus dem Land zu vertreiben oder in die eigene, städtisch-patrizi-sche ...
The paper investigates potentials and challenges during the interpretation of prehistoric settlem... more The paper investigates potentials and challenges during the interpretation of prehistoric settlement dynamics based on large archaeological datasets. Exemplarily, this is carried out using a database of 1365 Neolithic sites in the Weiße Elster river catchment in Central Germany located between the southernmost part of the Northern German Plain and the Central Uplands. The recorded sites are systematically pre-processed with regard to their chronology, functional interpretation and spatial delineation. The quality of the dataset is reviewed by analyzing site distributions with respect to field surveys and modern land use. The Random Forests machine learning algorithm is used to examine the impact of terrain covariates on the depth of sites and pottery preservation. Neolithic settlement dynamics are studied using Site Exploitation Territories, and site frequencies per century are used to compare the intensity of land use with adjacent landscapes. The results show that the main trends ...
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2020
Vivre au Château était le thème du colloque de Château-Thierry, XXIXe colloque Château Gaillard. ... more Vivre au Château était le thème du colloque de Château-Thierry, XXIXe colloque Château Gaillard. Ce thème, choisi en liaison avec la problématique des recherches passées et présentes conduites dans la région, leur a fait une large place. Quant aux châteaux répartis dans l'espace européen, ce colloque a abordé plus particulièrement : la multiplication des sites castraux utilisés par une même famille en fonction des périodes de l'année ou de la diversité des activités et la répartition des lieux de vie au sein du château. Contrairement à une idée reçue selon laquelle le château médiéval représente le comble de l'inconfort, il a démontré que l'aménagement des lieux tient compte, dès la construction, de la lumière ou des vents dominants. Il a souligné aussi l'importance de la hiérarchie sociale au sein du château et les aménagements qui visent à la préserver, ainsi que l'importance des femmes, leur rôle et les lieux et fonctions qui leur sont spécifiques : cuisine, jardin, gestion. Enfin, la vie quotidienne a été évoquée à travers des objets usuels comme la poterie par exemple, qui laisse d'abondantes traces archéologiques, ou à travers l'agencement des cuisines, ou encore à travers les rejets de consommation ou les déblais liés à des travaux. Les quarante-quatre contributions de cet ouvrage émanent de représentants des douze pays participants et les nombreux posters présentés ont permis de faire le point sur les fouilles actuelles, notamment sur les recherches conduites sur les châteaux de la région Hauts-de-France.
Wetland environments, with their excellent conservation conditions, provide geoarchaeological arc... more Wetland environments, with their excellent conservation conditions, provide geoarchaeological archives of past human activities. However, the subsurface soil is difficult to access due to high groundwater tables, unstable sediments, and the high cost of excavation. In this study, we present a ground-based non- and minimal-invasive prospection concept adapted to the conditions of wetlands. We investigated the Fossa Carolina in South Germany, a canal that was intended in 792/793 AD by Charlemagne to bridge the Central European Watershed. Although the resulting Carolingian banks and the fairway with wooden revetments are very imposing, archaeological traces of off-site construction activities have not been identified hitherto. Based on a geophysically surveyed intensive linear magnetic anomaly parallel to the Carolingian canal, we aimed to prove potential off-site traces of Carolingian construction activities. In this context, we built up a high-resolution cross-section using highly de...
ABSTRACTSediment budgeting concepts serve as quantification tools to decipher the erosion and acc... more ABSTRACTSediment budgeting concepts serve as quantification tools to decipher the erosion and accumulation processes within a catchment and help to understand these relocation processes through time. While sediment budgets are widely used in geomorphological catchment‐based studies, such quantification approaches are rarely applied in geoarchaeological studies. The case of Charlemagne's summit canal (also known as Fossa Carolina) and its erosional collapse provides an example for which we can use this geomorphological concept and understand the abandonment of the Carolingian construction site. The Fossa Carolina is one of the largest hydro‐engineering projects in Medieval Europe. It is situated in Southern Franconia (48.9876°N, 10.9267°E; Bavaria, southern Germany) between the Altmühl and Swabian Rezat rivers. It should have bridged the Central European watershed and connected the Rhine–Main and Danube river systems. According to our dendrochronological analyses and historical s...
In autumn 793, Charlemagne visited the fossatum magnum (the ‘big ditch’ or canal) between the Rhi... more In autumn 793, Charlemagne visited the fossatum magnum (the ‘big ditch’ or canal) between the Rhine and Danube. Excavations, dendrochronology and a re‐reading of Carolingian Annals shed new light on the chronology and setting of this canal, which was planned in 792, initiated in 793, and abandoned later that year. The abandonment is attested by both written and archaeological evidence. The different versions of the annals offer a unique opportunity for comparison with the archaeological record. Evidence that works of Vitruvius circulated in the Carolingian court suggests that Charlemagne’s advisers were drawing on classical tradition when they pitched the idea of digging the canal.
Rezension zu: Hansjürgen Brachmann, Der frühmittelalterliche Befestigungsbau in Mitteleuropa. Unt... more Rezension zu: Hansjürgen Brachmann, Der frühmittelalterliche Befestigungsbau in Mitteleuropa. Untersuchungen zu seiner Entwicklung und Funktion im germanisch-deutschen Gebiet. Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Berlin, Arbeitsbereich Ur- und Frühgeschichte. Schriften zur Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Band 45. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1993. 293 Seiten, 107 Abbildungen, 4 Beilagen
Inland harbours, essential links between the Mediterranean and Northern Europe, are the object of... more Inland harbours, essential links between the Mediterranean and Northern Europe, are the object of the Priority Program Studies of inland harbours in Central Europe as hubs for European communication networks, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). Since 2016, the project has also focused on the French inland river network, in association with the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany) and the University of Burgundy (Dijon, France). Inland harbours can be perceived as multifaceted phenomena, based on comparative, diachronic, multidisciplinary analyses. The modes of harbour installation and the socio-economic processes are examined here, together with the management of waterways and the conditions for navigability, from the 1st century BC to the 15th century AD. The French GIS dataset was compiled to fit the existing database structure, which already contains data for Germany, Benelux, and Northern Italy. Although data distribution for France is still patchy, at th...
Together with Hans von Suchodoletz, Pierre Fütterer, Christoph Zielhofer, Ulrich Veit, Peter Ette... more Together with Hans von Suchodoletz, Pierre Fütterer, Christoph Zielhofer, Ulrich Veit, Peter Ettel, Harald Stäuble, Christian Tinapp, Birgit Schneider, Tobias Sprafke, Ulrike Werban, Helen Ballasus & Jan Miera
Generally, the magnetic prospection is a fundamental geophysical method to reveal archaeological ... more Generally, the magnetic prospection is a fundamental geophysical method to reveal archaeological sites. But can the method contribute essentially and play a key role to the investigation of medieval inland harbors and settlements as well as canal structures? We enter into the question by means of the preliminary results of two interdisciplinary projects in Franconia within the framework of the SPP 1630.
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